Vehicle bumper



Patented June 10, 1924.

UNITED STATES DAVID LONEY, F KENMORE, OHIO.

. VEHICLE BUMPER.

Application filed October 4, 1923.. Serial No. 668,828.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known t at I, DAVID LoNnr, citizen of the Unite States, residing at Kenmore, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and use ful Im rove ments in Vehicle Bumpers, of

' which t e following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a vehicle bumper designed particularly for use upon automobiles and has for its principal objectto provide a structure which is resiliently mounted so that when the engaging member on the bumper comes into contact with any obstacle the jar will be compensated b the spring members.

' Another object of the invention is to provide an engaging member of durable construction which will be light and not unnecessarily cumbersome.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means for mounting the bumper whereby it may-be raised or lowered as desired.

Another object of the invention is to revide a bumper of this nature possessed of a simple and eiiicient construction. one which is reliable, inexpensive to manufacture and well adapted for the purpose for which it is intended.

With the above and numerous other objects in view which wihaappcar as the dc scription progresses. the invention resides in certain novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing: 1

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the bumper embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof: and

Figure 3 is a section taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure l; and

Figure 4 is an end elevation of one of the.

clamp members.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that the engaging member of the burr per consists of a plurality of bars. The top and bottom bars are indicated at 1 and 2 Vllll8 the intermediate bars are indicated b the numeral 3. The end bars are indicated by the numeral 4. The major portions c f the bars 1, 2 and 3 are dis osed in parallelism with each other an are slightly spaced from each other. The ends of these bars are curved as is indicated in Figure 1 so as to extend rearwardly toward the autoa removable f rom mobile, The ends of the-bars 1 and 2 converge toward each other and are connected to the ends of the end bars '4 as are also the ends of the bars 3. It is preferable to construct the bars 1, 2 and 4 in one'piece or integral while the ends of the bars 3 are secured to the bars 4 by means of mlding or the like. It Will, therefore, be seen that this engaging member is in the form of a frame which I indicate generally by the letter A. The horizontal bars 1, 2 and 3 of the frame A are mounted in clamps B, two in number. Each clamp consists of a plate 5 which I designate as the fixed plate and plate 6. These plates are pro vided with rooves for receiving the bars 1, 2 and 3. The plate 6 is engaged .with the plate 5 by means of screws 7 the heads of which are countersmik or by any other suitable fastening means. The plates 5 are formed. integral with or attached to rods 7 which preferably extend at right angles the rear faces of the plates 5. Brackets C are provided for attaching these 80 rods 7 to the automobile. Each bracket- C includes a body plate 8 having a sleeve 9 mounted thereon. The body plate 8 is provided with an arcuate slot 10. The forward ends of the body plates are secured to B6 the automobile by the 5 ring bolts 11, and bolts 12 pass through the arcuate slots 10* whereby it will be seen that the bed Y plates may be placed in enga ement with tie automobile at various ang-es. The rods 7 pass through the sleeves 9 of the bracket and springs 13 are disposed about these rods so as to be positioned between the sleeves and stop members 14 on the rods. Nuts 15 are on the ends of the rods and thus the as spring 13 may be tensioned as desired. By loosening the bolts 12 and changing the angles of the brackets C it will be seen that the engaging member may be moved vertically so as to change the elevation thereof. It will be noted that when the frame A engages any article the shock caused by this engagement will be compensated by the springs 13. The bumper is more durable. than the ordinary bumper and will not be such a great strain upon the automobile when being brought to a sudden stop because of its engagement with an obstacle.

Although I have described my invention with a certain degree of particularity, it is no to be understood that numerous changes in the details of construction and in the combinetion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departin from the spirit of the invention or sacri cing any of its advantages. 5 What is claimed is:

A bumper of the class described including an engaging member formed from a top bar, e bottom bar extended substantially parallel therewith, and a pair of and bars formed 10 integral with the ends of the top and bottom bars, the end portionsof the to and bottom' bers eonverging toward the en bars, and a curved out of alinement with the major portion thereof.

In testimon whereof I afiix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses. DAVID LONEY. Witnesses:

B. S. CLARK, Geo. M. Bnmmmnn. 

